Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question.
The minister has identified a key sector of the population that is present across our country, and certainly within my riding as well. One of the pieces of the greater EI program that I find quite exciting is the focus on skills development, in addition to helping people who have come across difficult times. This is going to help people help themselves.
We are going to be investing in programs like labour market development agreements with the provinces and territories. That is going to provide over $2 billion in funding to the provinces and territories to support programming for skills development and employment services, such as counselling and job searches.
In addition, the Canada job fund agreements are going to invest $500 million a year to support training for all Canadians, regardless of employment status, through the Canada job grant and other employer-sponsored training initiatives, as well as employment supports and services, with priority given to unemployed persons who are not eligible for EI—